Clip, clasp, and like fastening for neckties



June 'lfi, 1931. H. HENGSTLER 1,

CLIP, CLASP, AND LII E FASTENING FOR NECKTIES Filed Dec. 11, 1929 Patented June 16, 1931" UNETED STATES P TENr orri cn CLIP, CLASP, AND LIKE FASTENING FOR. NECKTIES Application filed December 11, 1929, Serial No. 413,263, and. in Germany April 20, 1929.

knot of the usual kind and into which the two ends of the necktie are inserted.

Longitudinally slitted clip devices or sheaths for neckties are already known wherein the parts of the tie are held firmly in position by means of clamping members 15 arranged in the interior of the clip device.

This construction necessitates the employment of a complicated mechanism which renders the device expensive and inartistic. The present invention renders it possible to obtain with a clip device of the simplest possible construction, a perfect imitation of a necktie which has been tied into a knot in the ordinary way. I According to the invention the clip device 2 comprises a sheath provided with a clamping member which is resilient and is curved inwardly towards the interior ofthe sheath in such manner that when the tie has been introduced into the sheath and the clamping member brought into the closed position, the tie is firmly clamped between the inner Wall of said sheath and said clamping member.

A preferred constructional form according to the invention is illustrated by way of example on the accompanying drawings, in

which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a device according to the invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan of the device, Fig. 3 is aback view of the device, and Fig. 1- shows the necktie tied by means of the clip according to the invention.

I Referring to the drawings the reference letter a denotes the clip device or sheath proper, the construction and shape of which corresponds to the shape of an ordinary knot tied in a necktie, and which is slitted longitudinally. On one of the longitudinal edges of the slit a clamping member 6 is pivoted,

59 which is provided with a tongue 0 adapted to be clasped to and unclasped from a corresponding slit on the other longitudinal edge of the slit for the purpose of holding the tie in position or releasing it. In order that the sheath shouldnot be noticed when the tie is worn it is preferably covered with similar material to that of the tie itself; but it may also be provided pressed designs.

The tying of a necktie by means of the device is effected by passing the two end lengths of the tie through the slit-into the interior of the sheath and then clamping them in place by means of the clamping memwith painted or imber. By pulling the ends of the tie or sliding f the sheath upwards the device can be brought into the position which would otherwise be occupied by the ordinary knotted. tie so that it resembles and replaces the latter.

I claim:

In a clip device for a necktie, of the kind set forth, the combination of: a longitudinally slitted sheath, and a resilient clamping member hinged to said sheath and curved inwardly towards the interior of thelatter in I such manner that when it is in the closed posi-' tion the tie is clamped between the inner wall of said sheath and said clamping member, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at U. S. Consulate General, city of Zurich, Confederation of Switzerland, this 11th day of November, 1929.

HEINRICH HENGSTLER. 

